XI.For the press

Everything you need to write about us.

Logos, screenshots, boilerplate, and a one-paragraph fact-sheet. Use it freely. We'd love to read what you write — drop us a line when it's out.

One-line description

Lexis Reader is a local-first, beautifully typeset reading app for the deeply read — books, papers, and your own marginalia, kept in plain text on your own machine.

One-paragraph boilerplate

Lexis Reader is a desktop reading application (with native iOS and Android apps coming soon) made by Lexis Press, a small independent studio. It is local-first by design: your library, annotations, and reading history live on your own machine, in plain text, in an open file format. Lexis offers fine-grained typography control, in-line dictionary and research tools, and a citation-aware annotation system that exports to a documented, public-domain format (.lex). It is pay-what-you-want, ships without analytics or tracking, and has been profitable since its first month.

Fact sheet

Made by
Lexis Press, a one-person studio in Lisbon, Portugal.
Founder
Mira Aldon, formerly typographer at a university press.
Launched
1.0 — September 2025. Pre-release 0.x — March 2024.
Platforms
macOS 13+, Windows 10+, Linux (deb / rpm / Flatpak). Native iOS & Android apps coming soon. A browser edition is available to schools & colleges.
Pricing
Pay what you want. Suggested €19. Free for libraries and schools.
Funding
Self-funded. No investors, no acquisitions, no exit.
File format
.lex / .lexis — public domain (CC0). Specification ›
Privacy
No analytics. No tracking. Read the haiku ›
Press contact
press@lexisreader.com

Logos & mark

Three forms: the wordmark, the spine ("L") mark, and the embossed seal. Available in dark, light, and a single-colour line version. Please don't recolour, stretch, or rotate them; please do put them anywhere you'd like.

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Wordmark

"Lexis Reader" set in Lora italic. Use as the primary identifier in headlines.

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Spine mark — "L"

The standalone mark. Use in app icons, favicons, small spaces.

PNG · 320 KB
Press-kit ZIP

All marks, all colours, plus a brand-guidelines PDF (eight pages, gentle).

PNG · 4.2 MB
Screenshots

Twelve high-resolution captures: hero, library, research, margin notes, .lex export.

House quotes

If you need a single line from us, any of these are pre-cleared:

Coverage we've enjoyed reading

A list of recent reviews and interviews lives in our Notes from the Margin letter. Subscribe via hi@lexisreader.com.


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